Portland Trail Blazers at Atlanta Hawks 5/3/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Portland Trail Blazers complete a back to back on Monday when visiting the Atlanta Hawks after playing on the road Sunday against the Boston Celtics. Portland is 35-28 following a 128-109 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. Damian Lillard was the leading scorer for Portland with 32 points. The Trail Blazers have won three straight and are third in the Northwest division 10 ½ games behind first place Utah.

Damian Lillard is leading Portland in scoring and assists with averages of 28.3 points and 7.5 assists per game, while CJ McCollum is the second leading scorer with an average of 22.9 points per game. Enes Kanter is the leading rebounder for Portland with an average of 11.4 rebounds per game. Portland scores an average of 115.1 points per game and allows an average of 115.5 points per game.

Atlanta looks for its second consecutive victory on Monday when hosting Portland. The Hawks are 35-30 following a 108-97 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday. Trae Young was the leading scorer for Atlanta with 33 points, while Clint Capela scored 20 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Atlanta is first in the Southeast Division with a half-game lead over the second-place Miami Heat.

Trae Young is leading Atlanta in scoring and assists with averages of 25.4 points and 9.5 assists per game. The second leading scorer is John Collins with an average of 17.7 points per game. Clint Capela is the leading rebounder for Atlanta with an average of 14.6 rebounds per game. The Hawks have seven players averaging double figures in scoring and are scoring an average of 112.6 points per game while allowing an average of 110.7 points per game.